Heavens, the highly-anticipated reult of Alkaline Trio member Matt Skiba and his roomate
from Theives Like Us, is blazing onto the music scene September 12. They've released
one song, this one I am about to tab out for you. I heard it and loved so I decided to
the entire thing out. I'm happy to let UG have it first.
Artist: Heavens
Song: Patent Pending
Album: To Be Announced
Record Label: Epitaph
There are two guitars at the begining of this song. The main riff is the first one
here, and the second you can hear in the backround over-top:
Intro:
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--2-2---4-4---5-5---4-4---7-7---5-4-0--0---------------------------------|
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Guitar 2:
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--12---9~--7--9~---12-14~--|
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Verse:
Now, if you've heard the song, you know it's not really just distorted, or even
power-chords. So for this section, I don't want you to play ska chords, but i would
you to
the first note on an upstroke and then continue, hitting the majority of the mutes with
downstroke.
So when you're hitting the notes, try hitting the G and D strings first.
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--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--7--X--7--7--X--7--7---X-----5-5------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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Bring your broke bring your broken heart in got a vessel that we've chartered
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--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--7--X--7--7--X--7--7---X-----5-5------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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In the free, wide-open sea, the two of us duly departed
Bring a book with a happy ending, a remix of the message sending
Shining clean, this guillotene, not yet approved, patent pending.
Break:
Guitar 1
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--2-2---4-4---5-5---4-4---7-7---5-4-0--0--------------------------------|
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Guitar 2:
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--12---9~--7--9~---12-14~--|
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2nd Verse:
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--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--7--X--7--7--X--7--7---X-----5-5------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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Place a curse, on the hearse we're driving, cut the break lines and a dying
Glad to be, tramatically, against the ropes lost all hopes trying
Finding ways to break the silence, and to quench our taste for violence
Shadow-free monstrosities crafting up ? ? ? ?
Chorus:
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-2222222---2222222----2222222------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---0000000----2222222------0000000---------------------------------|
-0000000--------------0000000----------------------------------------------|
High time We swore off everything we know
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-----------2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---0000000-------333333----------555555----------------------------|
-0000000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sit Tight We'll be back in six minutes or so
Post-Chorus
Guitar 1:
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--2-2---4-4---5-5---4-4---7-7---5-4-0--0---------------------------------|
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Guitar 2:
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--12---9~--7--9~---12-14~-9-|
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3rd Verse:
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--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--7--X--7--7--X--7--7---X-----5-5------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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Bring your bored bring your broken heart in got a vessel that we've chartered
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--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9--X--9--9--X--9--9---X-----7-7------------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--7--X--7--7--X--7--7---X-----5-5------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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In the free, wide-open sea, the two of us duly departed
Now, the verse goes a bit odd here. What's going to happen is that one guitarist
to upstroke, but quitely with no root note on the E or A, while another palm-mutes the intro.
for yourself:
Guitar 1 (Palm Muted):
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/heavens/patent_pending_tab.html ]
Guitar 2:
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--9~----------------------------9~-----------9~------------------------------|
--9~----------------------------9~-----------9~------------------------------|
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Bring a book with a happy ending, a remix of the message sending
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--9~----------------------------9~-----------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
--9~----------------------------9~-----------5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5----|
---------------------------------------------3--X--3--3--X--3--3--X--3--3----|
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Headless dreams of guillotenes, shot unclean, never-ending.
Chorus:
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-----------2222222-----------------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---2222222----2222222------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---0000000----2222222------0000000---------------------------------|
-0000000--------------0000000----------------------------------------------|
High time We swore off everything we know
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-----------2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---0000000-------333333----------555555----------------------------|
-0000000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sit Tight We'll be back in six minutes or so
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-----------2222222-----------------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---2222222----2222222------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---0000000----2222222------0000000---------------------------------|
-0000000--------------0000000----------------------------------------------|
High time We swore off everything we know
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-----------2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---0000000-------333333----------555555----------------------------|
-0000000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sit Tight We'll be back with 6 6 6 in tow
Bridge:
Guitar 1:
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-------0------4-------0---------------------------------|Continue to Repeat
--2-2-----2-2----2-2-----2---5/4--0---------------------|
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- - - - - - - - - -
Guitar 2 (After 3 reps of guitar 1):
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-------9999999999999-12-99999999999-12-99999999999-12-99-9-99-9-999999-----|
-------9999999999999-12-99999999999-12-99999999999-12-99-9-99-9-999999-----|
-------7777777777777-10-77777777777-10-77777777777-10-77-7-77-7-777777-----|
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Guitar 3 (After Guitar 2):
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--------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------------------|
---777---999-------------------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus:
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-2222222---2222222----2222222------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---0000000----2222222------0000000---------------------------------|
-0000000--------------0000000----------------------------------------------|
High time We swore off everything we know
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-----------2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---0000000-------333333----------555555----------------------------|
-0000000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sit Tight We'll be back in six minutes or so
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-----------2222222-----------------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---2222222----2222222------2222222---------------------------------|
-2222222---0000000----2222222------0000000---------------------------------|
-0000000--------------0000000----------------------------------------------|
High time We swore off everything we know
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-----------2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---2222222-------555555----------777777----------------------------|
-2222222---0000000-------333333----------555555----------------------------|
-0000000-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sit Tight We'll be back with 6 6 6 I know
Outro:
This time Guitar 2 is a little different, so take note.
Guitar 1
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Guitar 2:
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End on:
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Or, for more drama, end on:
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So that's it. A lot more complicated then I thought when I first heard the song, but it
fun to tab out and I hope you find it accurate enough. Once again, I'm proud to
this first on UG.
-Michael
